RE: How to start/stop/check a service

[Mark Hammond]

Title: AW: How to start/stop/check a service

win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine() is a helper function used for services implemented in Python, and to use used as an aid during development of the servicei.  As such, it only supports the current machine.

 

However, all this functionality is available in the other win32serviceutil functions - eg, a single line:

 

>>> win32serviceutil.StartService(service_name, None, machine_name)

 

will do what you want.  win32serviceutil.QueryServiceStatus() can check the status.

 

HandleCommandLine() is not supposed to be a general purpose interface for all service functions anyone may wish to perform.  As it is possible to perform all the same functions with a single line of code, I don't think it work making HandleCommandLine more complex.

 

If you come up with patches that you think are reasonable and don't add too much complexity I would be happy to consider adding them - eg, I could see that a new command-line param "query" may make sense to show the service state.

 

Mark.

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Subject: AW: How to start/stop/check a service

Hi,

I successfully used your script to start/stop/restart a Cold Fusion Server service on an NT4 machine.
Especially the restart feature is nice as it is not available in the NT4 service manager.

But, I would like to start/stop the service on a remote machine.
Is there a way to specify the remote machine on the command line so that win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine passes this properly to the request handlers depending on the action?

Also, I did not find an option to check the status of a service using HandleCommandLine.
It would be nice not having to write an own implementation of this command line argument handler.

Peter

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Von: Andrew Chabokha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 21. Juni 2001 21:16
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Betreff: Re: How to start/stop/check a service

# ts1.py
#   Test service
#

import win32serviceutil
import win32service
import win32event

class TService(win32serviceutil.ServiceFramework):
... <cut/>

if __name__ == '__main__':
    win32serviceutil.HandleCommandLine(TService)